10 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



Prumno'pitys. 

 Foliage as in Podocarpus, but with male flowers branched, and 

 the fruits in a loose spike, the axis of which does not become 

 fleshy. 



Saxegoihea. 

 Foliage yew-like. Male flowers in stalked cylindrical spilces. 

 Cones with thickened scales and inverted seeds in grooves. 



Acmo'pyle. 



Foliage yew-like, stalkless. Young female flowers appar- 

 ently composed of several sterile and one fertile bract fused into 

 a warty, fleshy receptacle and bearing a single seed. 



Family Pinaceae. 



Mostly evergreen resin-yielding trees or shrubs. Male or female 

 flowers usually on the same tree. Cone formation perfect, seeds 

 concealed between scales ; seed-coat woody or leathery, no aril. 



I. CuPRESSiNE^ (The Cypress Tribe). 



Trees or shrubs usually with the adult leaves appressed ; 

 opposite, whorled in 3-4 rows, small, scale-like, rarely linear. 

 Buds not scaly. Cone-scales mostly confluent with the bracts, 

 arranged crosswise, generally woody when ripe. Seeds erect. 



Sub-tribe I. Juniperinea3. 

 Male and female flowers on the same or on different trees. 

 Cone-scales fleshy, at length confluent and berry like. Seeds 

 not winged. 



Juni'perus. 

 Foliage scale-like or needle-like, occasionally two kinds on 

 the same plant. Cones fleshy, berry-like, of 3-6 valvate scales. 



Sub-tribe II. Callitrinea?. 

 Cone scales verticillate, dry, valvate. Seeds usually winged. 



Callitris. 

 Twigs brittle, angular. Leaves scale-like, three-ranked, 

 closely clasping the stem except at the triangular tips. Cone 

 scales 6-8 erect, unequal, united at the base. 



